MIT Sloan School of Management Faculty Biography

Contact Information

Office: E52-432
Tel: 617-253-0283
Fax: 617-258-6855
E-mail: rgibbons@mit.edu

Support Staff

Name: Kyle Westbrook
Tel: 617-253-7006
E-mail: kylelee@mit.edu

Area

Economics, Finance, and Accounting

Group(s)
  • Institute for Work and Employment Research

Robert Gibbons

Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management

Professor of Applied Economics

Robert Gibbons studies the design and performance of organizations and contracts, especially "relational contracts" (i.e., agreements so rooted in the parties' particular circumstances that they are not written down, so that disputes cannot be adjudicated by such outsiders such as courts). Relational contracts arise frequently both within firms (such as between headquarters and divisions) and between firms (such as in alliances) …

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